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Some social scientists say that in-group/out-group biases are hard-wired into the human brain. Even without overt prejudice, it is cognitively convenient for people to sort items into categories and respond based on what is usually associated with those categories: a form of statistical discrimination, playing the odds.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Meaning of "overt" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD OVERT

Via Old French, from ovrir to open, from Latin aperīre.
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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERT

overt  [ˈəʊvɜːt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overt is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES OVERT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of overt in the English dictionary

The definition of overt in the dictionary is open to view; observable. Other definition of overt is open; deliberate. Criminal intent may be inferred from an overt act.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVERT


advert
ˈædvɜːt
ambivert
ˈæmbɪˌvɜːt
antevert
ˌæntɪˈvɜːt
avert
əˈvɜːt
controvert
ˈkɒntrəˌvɜːt
convert
kənˈvɜːt
divert
daɪˈvɜːt
evert
ɪˈvɜːt
extravert
ˈɛkstrəˌvɜːt
extrovert
ˈɛkstrəˌvɜːt
interconvert
ˌɪntəkənˈvɜːt
introvert
ˈɪntrəˌvɜːt
invert
ɪnˈvɜːt
pervert
pəˈvɜːt
reconvert
ˌriːkənˈvɜːt
retrovert
ˌrɛtrəʊˈvɜːt
revert
rɪˈvɜːt
subvert
səbˈvɜːt
vert
vɜːt
vetivert
ˈvetɪˌvɜːt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERT

overswollen
overtake
overtaken
overtaking
overtalk
overtalkative
overtame
overtart
overtask
overtaught
overtax
overtaxation
overtaxed
overteach
overtedious
overteem
overthick
overthin
overthink
overthought

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERT

animadvert
blipvert
Calvert
couvert
covert
culvert
discovert
feme covert
gladvert
j´ouvert
Kilvert
millisievert
obvert
seroconvert
sievert
tail covert
taivert
undercovert
unpervert
wing covert

Synonyms and antonyms of overt in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «OVERT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «overt» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of overt

Translation of «overt» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERT

Find out the translation of overt to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of overt from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «overt» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

公开的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

abierto
570 millions of speakers

English

overt
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खुला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

علنية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

открытая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

patente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রত্যক্ষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

manifeste
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

terang-terangan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

offen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

明白な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

공공연한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Overt
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

công khai
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெளிப்படையான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उघड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

açık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

palese
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jawna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відкрита
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fățiș
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απροκάλυπτη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

openlike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

overt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overt

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERT»

The term «overt» is quite widely used and occupies the 33.107 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about overt

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10 QUOTES WITH «OVERT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word overt.
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Randa Abdel-Fattah
Spirituality is deeply personal. Yet, society has to face the fact that certain faiths celebrate spirituality through an overt expression of inner convictions.
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Harold Bloom
The second, and I think this is the much more overt and I think it is the main cause, I have been increasingly demonstrating or trying to demonstrate that every possible stance a critic, a scholar, a teacher can take towards a poem is itself inevitably and necessarily poetic.
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Maureen Dowd
Washington is a place where people have always been suspect of style and overt sexuality. Too much preening signals that you're not up late studying cap-and-trade agreements.
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Ralph Ellison
Hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action.
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Daniel Ellsberg
If monarchy is corrupting - and it is - wait till you see what overt empire does to us.
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Steven Erikson
Believe it or not, friendships are difficult to write in fiction. They can easily come across as forced, particularly if they involve too much explication and too many overt gestures of affection.
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Willard Gaylin
To probe for unconscious determinants of behavior and then define a man in their terms exclusively, ignoring his overt behavior altogether, is a greater distortion than ignoring the unconscious completely.
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Samuel L. Jackson
People know about the Klan and the overt racism, but the killing of one's soul little by little, day after day, is a lot worse than someone coming in your house and lynching you.
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Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Some social scientists say that in-group/out-group biases are hard-wired into the human brain. Even without overt prejudice, it is cognitively convenient for people to sort items into categories and respond based on what is usually associated with those categories: a form of statistical discrimination, playing the odds.
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Yusef Komunyakaa
I originally wanted to embrace the imagery and forthrightness of rap music. There are some interesting, dynamic voices in rap. But I find most of it irresponsible in its overt violence and commercialization of anger. As artists, we believe we can will action through language. If that's the case, we have to take responsibility for what we say.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERT»

Discover the use of overt in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overt and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Disguised and Overt Spinozism Around 1700: Papers Presented ...
This volume consists of 25 papers delivered at an international Spinoza conference held at the Erasmus University (Rotterdam) in October 1994 on the impact of Spinoza on the European Republic of Letters around 1700.
Wiep Van Bunge, W. N. A. Klever, 1996
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Learners in Japanese Language Classrooms: Overt and Covert ...
It examines the verbal participation of learners in Japanese as a Foreign Language classrooms.
Reiko Yoshida, 2011
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The Development of Null Vs. Overt Subject Pronoun Expression ...
Results showed that adults preferred null pronouns in Maintain Reference contexts and overt pronouns in Change Reference contexts.
Naomi Lapidus Shin, 2006
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Relationships Among Overt and Covert Narcissism and ...
Larger numbers of students are attending four-year institutions than in previous years and are taking longer to complete their degree programs (Barton, 2002; Wirt, Choy, Rooney, Provasnik, Sen, & Tobin, 2004).
Darrin L. Carr, 2008
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Overt and Covert Narcissism, Anger, and Selfobject Needs
Two types of trait narcissism have been identified empirically and clinically in the literature, both of which are conceptualized to possess core issues of entitlement and exploitativeness.
Dana B. Gruber, 2009
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Translation Quality Assessment: A Model Revisited
One of the more important theoretical distinctions resulting from the translation analysis and evaluation of the original corpus was the dichotomy overt versus covert translation. Related but not identical distinctions have cropped up in the ...
Juliane House, 1997
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Covert and Overt: Recollecting and Connecting Intelligence ...
The first scholarly book to present an in-depth exploration of the historical relationships between covert intelligence work and information/computer science.
Robert Virgil Williams, Ben-Ami Lipetz, 2005
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A Comparison of Covert and Overt Aggression Between Men and ...
Data was collected from 205 (140 females, 65 males) undergraduate students, aged 18 to 52, utilizing The Aggression Questionnaire (AQ) and The Displaced Aggression Questionnaire (DAQ).
Julie A. Fink, 2009
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The Role of Overt and Covert Self-rules in Establishing a ...
TITLE: THE ROLE OF OVERT AND COVERT SELF-RULES IN ESTABLISHING A DAILY LIVING SKILL IN ADULTS WITH MILD DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES MAJOR PROFESSOR: Dr. Ruth Anne Rehfeldt Self-instruction procedures have ...
Bridget J. Faloon, 2006
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Second Language Acquisition and Universal Grammar
distinguish between referential and bound variable interpretations of pronouns, largely disallowing overt pronouns in the latter context, compared with their use in other contexts. Thus, the results are supportive of the claim that interlanguage  ...
Lydia White, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term overt is used in the context of the following news items.
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Hamels shows his talent and grit in no-hitter
That the Phillies player or coach who reacted with less overt delight than any other, the one who didn't jump up and down or scream with joy, ... «Philly.com, Jul 15»
2
Lower credit scores lead to higher mortgage costs
The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that the law applies even if there is no evidence of overt bias. The court ruled that statistics showing a ... «The Seattle Times, Jul 15»
3
91 years since El Paso physician tried to vote and then changed …
The area was then considered a haven for African-Americans trying to elude the overt prejudice of the South. Nixon practiced medicine in El ... «El Paso Times, Jul 15»
4
Kitsch or Cool? The Upward Flight of the Pink Flamingo
So the display of the plastic pink flamingo in the 1950s and 1960s was perhaps not mere unsophisticated kitsch, but rather an overt rejection of ... «Newsweek, Jul 15»
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Daredevil kicked off a wrongheaded trend in comic-book-movie …
... emo and the more overt aggression of nu-metal and rap-rock. Many of the songs on Daredevil: The Album sound like a calculated attempt to ... «A.V. Club, Jul 15»
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Sullivan | Where soccer goes, suspicion follows
“The only hesitation in using that term is that it is almost insulting to the mafia, because mafia would never have been so blatant, overt and ... «The Courier-Journal, Jul 15»
7
'Pigeon' Film Delivers Deadpan Art House Comedy
... in which there are only token props to make it look lived in, and the people — stripped of any overt emotions — seem like props themselves. «KPBS, Jul 15»
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'X-Men: Apocalypse' Sets Stage For Second Marvel Universe On Film
Marvel has since kicked the door wide open for movies to stop avoiding the more overt trappings of comics, though, and while I don't remotely ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
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How Mickey Mouse and China led to that life-sized Mike Trout …
He marked all of his emails and files “Big Fish,” with no overt mention of Trout. “When he won the MVP award, I said let's get moving on this,” ... «OCRegister, Jul 15»
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Poll: Race Relations Have Taken a Nosedive Under Obama
And then there was the Charleston church shooting, an act of overt and unquestionable racism -- yet, interestingly, one that resulted no racial ... «Town Hall, Jul 15»

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